Improved sofa-bedstead



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Letters Patent No. 94,656, dated Sqitember 7, 1869.

nurnovnn SOFA-IBEDS'IEAD.

The Schedule referred to in these Lette'n Patent and making part of thesame To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADAMSGHWAA of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improvedSofa-Bedstead; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, refereneebeing had to the accompanyingdrawing, forming part of this speciiication The object of this inventionis to provide a simple and cheap construction of sofas-for adaptation;to be used also as bedsteads.

The invention consists of an arrangement, whereby the upholstered partof the back may be swung for ward out of the frame on hinged arms, andarranged alongside and in the same horizontal plane with the seat, toform a bed, as hereinafter. specified.

Figure 1 represents a front elevation of my im-. proved sofa-bedstead,and

Figure 2 represents a transverse sectional elevation of the same. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Instead of permanently connecting the upholstered part A of the back tothe frame B, I provide a sepa rate frame or back, 0, for the same, andjoint it at the ends to arms D, journalled to the frame at L, orconnected. to a transverse shaft, E, journalled at the said point. Ialso provide upon the back 0, near the edge I, which is thelowest whenfolded up, and the outer mostwhen turned down, to be usedas a. bed, thefolding legs G, which are arranged as representedin red, when used as abed, and which may be held in the folded-up condition against the backby loops, or any other devices. g

The posts H of the frame Bare recessed, as shown at I, for the receptionof the arms D, when folded up i in the position shown in fig. 1. Theaims are shouldered at K, to rest on the hack-railrL, to'support t-heback when used as a sofa, and the upper edge of the said back restsagainst the front of the top-rail of the frame B, as shown at M. Whenturned down, as showrrin red, the inner edge of the back is supported bythe pivots N, by which the ends are conneeted to the arms D, and thesaid arms are supported by resting on the front rail 0 of the frame ofthe seat.

Head and foot-boards, P, may be secured at each end by dowel-pins, oneatthe front entering a hole in the part 0', and another at the reartaking into a transverse bar, Q, or by any other suitable or preferredarrangement.

' A drawer, B, may be attached to the under side of the seat, to slidein and out, for storing the head and foot-boards, also the bed-clothes,when used as a sofa.

Having thus described'my invention,- 1 claim as new, and desire toPatent- 1.- The sofa-back A, fitted to the frame B, and

jointed up'on arms D, arranged for folding it into the i said frame ordown in front of the seat, and relatively thereto, substantially asspecified. E

4 2. The arrangement, with the arms D, of the shaft E and back-rail L,substantially asspecitied. 3. The arrangement, with the back A, of thehinged' legs G and the arms D, when the said arms rest on the rail 0,.tosupport the inner part-of the bottom, all A substantially as specified.

. ADAM SOHWAAB.

Witnesses;

GUSTAYE Dm'rnmorr, Geo. W. MABEE.

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